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Long standing movement ?!?!?!
Karine_2
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Hi guys
Long time reader, first time poster !
I bought my current Victorian house as a FTB twelve years ago. The free valuation I got with the FTB deal said that it showed some signs of old movement. It is an end terrace and the side wall has had a second layer of bricks and the joists have been reinforced in the past.
True to say I was a little niave and over time have seen cracks appear inside and in the front of the house. The roof too looks like it's sagging but I dont know if this is the concrete tiles.
This may be normal for a house it's age but I am terrified. :eek: I haven't mentioned to the insurance when I took out the policy what had been done to the house and really don't want to cause problems by asking them.
I want to move but am scared that we will not get enough for the house to move on. Really could do with some advice MS Experts !!
Long time reader, first time poster !
I bought my current Victorian house as a FTB twelve years ago. The free valuation I got with the FTB deal said that it showed some signs of old movement. It is an end terrace and the side wall has had a second layer of bricks and the joists have been reinforced in the past.
True to say I was a little niave and over time have seen cracks appear inside and in the front of the house. The roof too looks like it's sagging but I dont know if this is the concrete tiles.
This may be normal for a house it's age but I am terrified. :eek: I haven't mentioned to the insurance when I took out the policy what had been done to the house and really don't want to cause problems by asking them.
I want to move but am scared that we will not get enough for the house to move on. Really could do with some advice MS Experts !!
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You need a builder/surveyor, to see what's really happening.
If you don't fix it, and a potential buyer notices, it will open up the whole can of worms.Act in haste, repent at leisure.
dunstonh wrote:Its a serious financial transaction and one of the biggest things you will ever buy. So, stop treating it like buying an ipod.0 -
It gets better ! The guy I bought it off was a structural engineer. He still works in the local area
Do you think I should approach him and ask him to do a report ? I would have thought he had a professional obligation to be honest about the condition ?
It wasn't till I took down the aneglypta wallpaper I realised the size of the cracks that had been filled with concrete:mad:0 -
Get an independant verdict. The past owner is hardly going to admit to having pulled the wool over your eyes - although to be fair to him, he's under no obligation, afaik. You could have had a wider, more thorough survey - on something that old, you really should have done.Act in haste, repent at leisure.
dunstonh wrote:Its a serious financial transaction and one of the biggest things you will ever buy. So, stop treating it like buying an ipod.0 -
I know, hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it. I regret not having a bigger survey but it was all I could afford at the time.
I'll go see someone independant, any idea how much it would cost for a full survey ? If I did would they have to report any suspected subsidence or active movement or would it be confidential ?
Thanks so much for your help0
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